All of the mods (and even Dread Pirate Roberts and inigo, the admins) received this -14 negative karma as well so it's most definitely either one person with 14 shill accounts or a small group with 14 shill accounts. A single person could easily do it by having two or three computers and running a number of virtual machines on them, all logged in to Silk Road at the same time, but it is more than likely two or three people with a computer or two each, and all running virtual machines. I can't point fingers because it's impossible to know who gives anyone karma, nor can I imagine why they would bother doing this, but each to their own! It's only forum karma at the end of the day though - a "fun" feature on the forums - nothing major to worry about! Libertas